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grillage
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gril·lage  (grlj)
n.
A network or frame of timber or steel serving as a foundation, usually on ground that is wet or soft.
[French, from Old French, trellis, from greille, gridiron; see grill.]
grillage [ˈgrɪlɪdʒ]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) an arrangement of beams and crossbeams used as a foundation on soft ground
[from French, from griller to furnish with a grille]


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In all, 95 tons of steel was consumed in just fabricating the grillages on which the unit rested.
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